Chapter 32 Deep Into the Canyon
[Soul Stone: Kerrigan]
【Quality: Gold】
【Activation times: 5】
[Gain the bonus: Heart of the Swarm (permanent), Nether Energy Control (permanent)]
After examining the soul stone, Fang Zheng was surprised to find that, unlike the Lich King, the Queen of Blades' soul stone was more practical in terms of practicality.
The reason for this is because of the nature of their soul stones. For Fangzheng, the soul stone of [Arthas] is embedded in the dimensional code. If he doesn't activate it actively, there is only one buff like [Undead King] that has an effect on undead creatures. And if you want to unleash the true power of the Lich King, you must completely activate the Soul Stone.
But this is not the case with Queen of Blades' soul stone. In fact, although her activation times are the same as [Arthas] five times, after investigation, Fangzheng found that the true power of Queen of Blades is exactly the opposite of that of the Lich King. If the Lich King needs to consume the number of uses of the Soul Stone to exert its real power, then the Soul Stone of the Queen of Blades can only exert its most powerful power when it is not activated.
And the reason lies in the gain of that [Heart of the Swarm (Permanent)].
For this gain BUFF, the description has only one sentence [Heart of the Zerg (Permanent): Can create and manipulate the Zerg army].
Just this sentence, Fang Zheng immediately understood what it meant.
To put it bluntly, in the state of the soul stone inlaid with the Queen of Blades, he can directly open the Zerg base, and then play real-time strategy. After all, the most powerful Zerg is the constant tide of insects, and the overwhelming Zerg army is their real strength. On the contrary, Kerrigan's personal combat power is actually quite limited, in other words. If it is [Arthas], after the demise of the Scourge, he can still rely on his own strength to save the defeat. But with [Kerrigan], once the Zerg army is over, she has almost no choice but to escape.
So for Fangzheng, this soul stone is more suitable for him to use in his daily life, but... Kerrigan, ah Kerrigan, why are you Kerrigan?
The Lich King is not very likable, and the Zerg is even worse. Fangzheng can be sure that once this thing appears on the surface, it will definitely be regarded as something like the vanguard of the demon invasion... You said If you don't give me a Jim Leno or an Artanis, why is it Kerrigan?
Fangzheng has already felt the deep malice this system has given him. After all, he is also its creator. If this game is a child, then he is a father. Is there such a foolish child?
It seems that the bear child is a pit father.
Although very helpless, Fang Zheng still had to choose to put away this soul stone. This thing is definitely not usable in the main world, but maybe it can be used in the dungeon world, and I don't know what world I will be teleported to when the mission teleportation is activated next time.
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but glanced at the dimensional code in front of him again, and the cooling time above had entered the countdown.
With 13 hours left, the teleport will start again.
The night passed.
The next day just dawned, and everyone set off again. To their surprise, unlike the previous day, they had not encountered a single undead creature along the way. This made Malt and others look gloomy to the extreme. You must know that they are not escaping from the shadow canyon, but returning the same way. In principle, the closer you are to the center, the more enemies there should be. Fangzheng and Conan Knight also encountered several waves of undead soldiers on the way to the bloody beach before. It makes no sense that now they are "throwing themselves into the net", but the enemy will not pay attention.
There was only one reason, then, apparently something more important than them caught the lich's attention.
And the more important thing is what Malte said - the dark ritual.
"It looks really bad."
Standing on the cliff and looking down, Malt's face was as gloomy as a piece of ice. Below the cliff is a quarry that appears to have been abandoned. It seems to be a long time ago, and I don't know when it was made. But for Malt, he is obviously not here for archaeology.
"That quarry is the lich's lair. We were ambushed here, but now we can't see half of the undead here... Could it be that the ceremony has already begun?"
Hearing Malt's self-talk, Fang Zheng raised his brows. Due to the special effect of [Arthas]'s soul stone, he had a strong sense of undead creatures. As Malte said, he couldn't feel the breath of any undead outside the quarry, but that didn't mean they didn't exist. In fact, in the depths of the ground, Fang Zheng noticed some clues. A large number of undead are gathering deep underground below the quarry, and you don't need to ask to know that they are definitely not partying there.
"What's next?"
Fangzheng didn't tell Malt what he felt. In fact, he didn't want to work hard for a dark ritual that couldn't figure out the details. Maybe it was to bring back his lover from the underworld? To be honest, after getting along with these Templar knights, Fang Zheng found that the other party was indeed worthy of the title of knight. He was fair and kind, had the courage to sacrifice, fought for justice, had no bad thoughts, and most of them were very approachable. To be honest, Fang Zheng still respects them very much, but he doesn't have any special thoughts about it. It's like watching a Hollywood blockbuster. It's really touching to see the soldiers who are willing to sacrifice for the country to stop the monsters and beasts. However, if you go up to die yourself, that's another matter. If nothing else, why should I Other countries sacrifice their lives?
Not to mention that Fangzheng has only been in this world for less than a month, and he has no feelings for this place at all. Strictly speaking, he only knows a Shi Dong and a Miss M. It is naturally impossible for him to work hard for this world. Therefore, Fangzheng decided to start everything with Malte as the head, and concentrate on making soy sauce, and it would not be too late to withdraw when the situation was not good.
Anyway, the cooldown of his teleportation is almost over now, and it is not too difficult to find a chance to teleport away from the invincible Hearthstone.
"Let's go down and see what's going on."
Finally, Malte made a decision.
"There must be something wrong here. I don't believe that the other party will be so negligent. Even if they really want to hold a ceremony, they won't have a single scout outside."
Since Malt had given the order, Fang Zheng naturally didn't plan to object. He just carefully walked down the cliff with a few others, looking around and walking towards the quarry.
There was no one in the huge quarry, only the whirling wind whistled through the gap, Fang Zheng held the Broken Sky Sword tightly, and glanced around carefully—the Lich King's induction was limited to the undead, It has no effect on living things. There are no undead creatures here, which does not mean that he can rush in and die.
"Um?"
However, Fang Zheng soon discovered that the situation here was not quite right. Among the several ruins near the quarry, he found bone fragments scattered all over the place. From the appearance, these should be the remains of undead creatures that have been destroyed. Originally, Fangzheng thought it was the trace left after the fight between Malte and the others, but he soon discovered that there was a circle of footprints next to him—the footprints were very new, and they didn't look like they were left a long time ago. Like only recently...and just before they got here.
“………………”
Fang Zheng frowned, clenched the long sword in his hand, and slowly walked towards the ruins along the footprints step by step. From the outside, it seems that it used to be a house where an overseer lived, but now most of it has collapsed, and only a few walls are still standing there. Fang Zheng stared at the wall in front of him, then thought for a moment, then raised the long sword in his hand.
"Shh!"
But what Fang Zheng didn't expect was that before the long sword in his hand was swung down, a black shadow suddenly leaped over from the other side of the wall and rushed straight towards him. Seeing the shadow that suddenly jumped out, Fang Zheng was also shocked. He hurriedly raised his long sword and swept forward, colliding with the shadow. Then only a banging sound was heard, and the shadow suddenly flipped backwards, and then stood firmly on the ground. And until this moment, Fang Zheng finally saw the true face of the shadow clearly.
"What is this?"
Looking at the shadow in front of him, Fang Zheng was also stunned. What appeared in front of him was not the undead creature in Fang Zheng's imagination. On the contrary, it was a black cheetah, but unlike ordinary cheetahs, its body looked like a cosmic starry sky. Dark blue, the whole body also looks translucent. Not only that, from the inside of this black panther, Fang Zheng can also see straight silver-white lines connecting its limbs and head. If it moves, it looks more like a constellation in the starry sky.
What the hell is this?
Just when Fang Zheng was in shock and was about to call Marter and others for support, suddenly, an excited voice sounded in his ear.
"Mr. Fangzheng! It's great that you're fine!"
Hearing this voice, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then he saw behind the black panther, a girl in a cloak ran out of the ruins panting, waving at him happily. As for this girl, although Fang Zheng is not very familiar with it, he is also not unfamiliar.
"...Miss M?"